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An Introduction to Reiki [NCCAM Backgrounder]
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Alcohol, rich food, and increased levels of stress and excitement are a recipe for a potentially fatal holiday heart attack, according to researchers who studied spikes in coronary death rates around Christmas and New Year’s.

The Los Angeles Times reported Dec. 17 that researchers have studied the phenomena of the “Merry Christmas Coronary” and the “Happy New Year Heart Attack”: Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 are the two deadliest days of the year for heart attacks, and the heart-disease death rate is 33 percent higher in December and January than the rest of the year.

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Tomorrow is World AIDS Day and instead of “barraging you with [another set of] statistics, gruesome photos, or heart-wrenching stories” (quote credit to Mr. Casnocaha), I want to alert you to something we prefer here - solutions, problem solving, technology, and creative thinking. Piya Sorcar, a doctoral student in Stanford’s Learning, Sciences & Technology Design program has used her considerable skills to figure out how to reach the minds of children in devleoping countries when it comes to HIV/AIDS education.

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As BBC reports, the World Toilet Summit 2007, which was scheduled to be inaugurated by former Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, is being convened in New Delhi from 31-Oct until 3-Nov.?  The summit has been organized by NGO Sulabh International Social Service Organisation and is supported by various Indian ministries along with UN Habitat New Delhi.?  Fourty countries are reported to be participating in this meeting which in recent years took place in Russia, Northern Ireland, and China .?  For reference, UNICEF provides a mid-term assessment regarding the Millennium Development Goal drinking water and sanitation target.

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Sloggi, one of the world’s leading underwear brands, hosted the finale of its global model contest ‘Show me your sloggi’ to find the world’s most beautiful bottom and the world gathered for the “best butt” competition and 15,000 contestants went cheek to cheek.
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This is a fascinating idea that was sent to me by Cat Laine over at AIDG. I know I am always raving about their blog, but really if you haven’t managed to check it out - go over there right now. Onto the story which may or may not have benefits for modeling real world epidemics: “A fantasy plague that accidentally ran amok in the Internet’s most popular game world, populated by nine million flesh-and-blood players, may help scientists predict the impact of genuine epidemics…”

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